Introduction to Supersymmetry and Supergravity

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World Scientific, 1986 - Science - 289 pages
The publication of the first edition of "Introduction to Supersymmetry and Supergravity" was a remarkable success. This second edition contains a substantial amount of new material especially on two-dimensional supersymmetry algebras, their irreducible representations as well as rigid and local (i.e. supergravity) theories of 2-dimensional supersymmetry both in x-space and superspace. These theories include the actions for the superstring and the heterotic string. In addition, a chapter is devoted to a discussion on superconformal algebras in two dimensions and contains an account of super operator product expansion.
 

Contents

Super QED
19
The Irreducible Representations of Supersymmetry
31
Linearized N 1 Supergravity
41
Theories of Extended Rigid Supersymmetry
57
The Local Tensor Calculus and the Coupling of Supergravity
74
Superspace
84
Superspace Formulations of Rigid Supersymmetric Theories
112
Superspace Formulation of N 1 Supergravity
131
N 1 SuperFeynman Rules
156
Ultraviolet Properties of the Extended Rigid Supersymmetric
185
Spontaneous Breaking of Supersymmetry and Realistic Models
203
Currents in Supersymmetric Theories
215
TwoDimensional Supersymmetric Models
232
Gauge Covariant Formulation of Strings
244
An Explanation of our Choice of Conventions
270
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